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Month: November 2006

All Hip Hop has an article about an NAACP gathering on Monday to discuss the use of the N-word in popular media. All of this comes in light of Michael Richards’ outburst last week in he apparently went batshit crazy, tried to come back by making some enlightened point about “words”, saw that it was going nowhere, dropped the microphone and left. Classy.

Jesse Jackson called for a boycott of the Seinfeld season 7 DVDs. Jerry must be pissed.

It’s a good thing Chamillionaire seems to have his head on straight and notes the hypocrisy

“Its not just rappers its as African-Americans in general, we do a lot of things that are opposite of past history, We wear flashy jewelry and brag like its a trophy, when people in the present and past history would get killed for the diamonds. We promote violence and drugs but complain about violence and drugs. We don’t vote but complain about who is in office. We throw the ‘n-word’ around like its a good thing, when in the past it was one of the most dreadful words. All this stuff has grown to become a part of the culture.”

I’m watching the Paul Martin tribute on CPAC (one of my favorite channels on cable) and am confused as to whether or not I should be laughing or crying. On one hand it’s more self-congratulatory wank followed by seal-like applause. On the other hand it may embolden the Liberals after their leadership vote of which Michael (gone for 30 years and back again) Ignatieff seems to be a frontrunner. It should make for an interesting next few days.

Stephen Harper plans to revisit the same-sex marriage debate by debating it in the House next week or so.

As he’s pretty much stuck to the rest of his election promises he gonna stick with this one. Like the issue of Quebec nationhood, I think it’s a moot point. The motion will be voted against by pretty much everyone in the other parties as well as other Conservatives like Jim Prentice who’ve voted for same-sex marriage in the past and that will be that.

Part of me thinks (or rather hopes) that this is a strategic move by Harper to appease the rest of the Conservative party by going, “Hey, I tried” and then moving on to more important matters. The downside being that it might polarize voters and further the stereotype that all people who vote Conservative are Alberta cowboys which in a lot of cases they are not.

The Globe & Mail says that Calgary’s economy outstrips the rest of Canada and for a resident that doesn’t surprise me. There are consequences of course; rising housing prices etc. But with that comes a generally higher wage so I guess it all sort of works out.

On the same day the Globe also published an article stating that because of our high-living lifestyle we’re eating less healthy in favor of drinking, smoking and fucking. So what’s the problem? Okay, the problem might be that you become a fat fuck but I think I have that part under control by going to the gym often and not starting the day with McGriddles. The smoking I’ve never really done, the drinking often, and the sex none of your fucking business.

According to a Globe & Mail article, while it seem that most of the politicians (with the exception of Conservative MP Michael Chong) can agree on the issue of Quebec nation within Canada-hood, 77% of Canadians are opposed.

Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is as it’s telling me something that I knew already; that the Québécois are just like us but charmingly different. It all comes down to semantics, I feel and it just may keep Jacques Parizeau from crying like he did on that nailbiter of a night over ten years ago.

Frankly, I was surprised at such an opposition by the public but then again so did the Conservatives when they brought forth that motion.

I wonder though, in the years to come when Quebec finally achieves its sovereign goals, being an Anglo born in Montreal can I claim dual-citizenship?